Belt Tests - 2 New Black Belts

 Tigers (3-7 year olds), White, Orange, and Yellow (7+)

 Gimme your best kicks!

 Weapon this cycle: sticks

 sitting like a master

 student of the month!!

 He's not heavy, he's my brother

 Marigold did an amazing job this exceptionally difficult cycle.! She rallied and learned the entire In Wah 1 form!

 Sparring

 Fit test, always a killer

after getting over 300 4 times, I only got 298 this time

Does that mean I get kicked out of the 300 club? :)

 I'm a blue belt and Marigold is a green belt.

 

 I challenged Marigold to work hard this cycle so she could belt test. She chose balloons for an incentive prize. :D

 My belt rail. 9 belts down, 7 to go until first degree black belt recommended

BLACK BELT CHALLENGE AND TEST 

 Eleanor's and Merry's Black Belt testing began with a 2-1/2 hour fit challenge which included:
150 jumping jacks, relay sprints, lunge punches, lunges, suicides (there should be a better name for those, but perhaps it is applicable), round kicks, wave masters kicks for about 20 minutes, forms, sheilds kicking, pad punches, sparring 8 rounds and a fit test. Phew!

 Then came the midterms and belt tests. Rosie was suppose to midterm however she was sick.

 Bowing in, sign of respect

 forms

 3 more rounds of sparring

 board breaks, smashed 'em!

 Merry was challenged to break a black board for his round kick.

 Mr. Moh getting on a chair to give Merry a hug. haha! Merry was also invited to join the Legacy program! That's the school's highest honor for students, instructor training.

 Both did awesome! So proud of you both!

 This makes 1 - 2nd degree black belt (Frodo), 3 - 1st degree black belts (Rosie, Eleanor, and Merry). With 3 more to test in the first half of 2020 (Pippin, Bilbo, and Poppy).

Incidentally, for those who have been entirely misinformed and think we are actually dangerous... we are not trained to attack. Kind of like speak when spoken to, kick when provoken to 😂

Videos

Merry smashing the boards!

At 15 he broke a black board with a round kick.

Eleanor's Black Belt, speech by Mr. Moh

Merry's Black Belt speech by Mr. Moh

wherein he is invited to the Legacy program!!